Uran Toktonazarovich Botobekov
| Uran Toktonazarovich Botobekov | |
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| Born |
May 1, 1967 Malkaldy village, formerly Jangy-Jol, Aksy District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan |
| Residence | Houston, United States |
| Nationality | Kyrgyzstani |
| Citizenship | Kyrgyzstan |
| Alma mater | Kyrgyz National University, Bishkek |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Uran Toktonazarovich Botobekov (in Kyrgyz: Уран Токтоназарович Ботобеков) (born on May 1, 1967, Malkaldy village (formerly Jangy-Jol village), Aksy District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan) – a contemporary Kyrgyz scholar, journalist, diplomat and publicist, Doctor of Political Sciences. He was one of the opposition activists until 2016.
Dr. Uran Botobekov was born on May 1, 1967, in the village of Jangy-Jol (nowadays Malkaldy), in the Aksy District of Osh Region (nowadays Jalal-Abad Region) in Southern Kyrgyzstan. His father, Toktonazar Botobekov (born February 15, 1938 – died September 14, 2006), was a farmer. His mother, Tajykan Botobekova (born February 2, 1947), is a pensioner. She currently lives in the village of Malkaldy in the Aksy district of Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan.
Uran Botobekov graduated the secondary school in his home village, which was an administrative center, formerly known as the Jangy Jol district of the Soviet Kyrgyzstan.
In 1984, he enrolled to the Kyrgyz State University's Department of Journalism, graduating it in 1992. The university, based in Bishkek, is currently called the Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn.
From 1990 to 1993, he worked as a correspondent, and the head of the Department of social and political issues at the weekly "Kyrgyzstan Madaniyati" (The Culture of Kyrgyzstan) newspaper, then deputy editor of the educational newspaper "Kut Bilim", in Bishkek.
In 1994, he worked as the head of the Press service of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic.
In November 1994, he joined the diplomatic service thanks to an invitation by Roza Otunbayeva, then foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan.
From 1994 to 1996, he worked as the head of the Information and Analytical Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.
From 1996 to 1998, he worked as the first secretary at the Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Ukraine.
From 1999 to 2000, he worked as the main expert of the International Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic.
From 2000 to 2001, he worked as a freelance analyst based in Bishkek, contributing to the international organization "Internews" (USA), the Carnegie Centre in Moscow (USA) and the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (UK).
In 2001, he was invited to work at the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. Then he led the press service of the president of the Kyrgyz Republic, Askar Akayev, until 2003.
From 2003 to 2005, he worked as Advisor to the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic in Turkey.
From 2006 to 2008, he worked as the head of State Policy Department at the Agency for Civil Service Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.
From 2008 to 2010, he worked as deputy director of Organization and Control of Work at the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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